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    Thread: Unnamed Wargame Concept
Post: RE: Unnamed Wargame Concept

Rynn Wrote: (11-02-2024, 04:29 AM) -- Lastly: why virch only? Might be a personal thing but that sounds far less interesting an idea. Anyone could come up with the idea of a modern video game in virt...
DSPE Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 5 140 11-06-2024, 05:07 PM
    Thread: 3D Modelled Image for Aruan
Post: RE: 3D Modelled Image for Aruan

Worldtree Wrote: -- I would also change the lighting a bit so the shadows are more extreme like before -- Yes, the light source was definitely too close. Worldtree Wrote: (11-05-2024, 09:59 PM)...
DSPE Art and Visual Media 6 57 11-05-2024, 10:11 PM
    Thread: 3D Modelled Image for Aruan
Post: RE: 3D Modelled Image for Aruan

Thanks for the compliments!  :D I don't get those a lot (the teachers at my school love beating the students, and my Dad is a ball of rage that is usually tight but can explode at any moment). With...
DSPE Art and Visual Media 6 57 11-05-2024, 06:14 PM
  -Needs Revision Thread: 3D Modelled Image for Aruan
Post: 3D Modelled Image for Aruan

Alright, so for fun, I made a model of an Aruan (https://orionsarm.com/eg-article/4b2e2a0099621). I put it on Discord, and surprisingly, the other members approved of it. Encouraged, I refined it, and...
DSPE Art and Visual Media 6 57 11-04-2024, 10:13 PM
    Thread: Hello OA
Post: RE: Hello OA

Hello! What do you plan to do with OAUP? :)
DSPE The Arrivals Lounge 4 1,036 11-03-2024, 05:43 PM
    Thread: Useful resources to predict the skies and plants of alien worlds
Post: Useful resources to predict the skies and plants o...

I found these resources while using Artifexian's Worldsmith. Colors of Alien Skies (http://panoptesv.com/SciFi/ColorsOfAlienWorlds/AlienSkies.php)Colors of Alien Plants (http://panoptesv.com/SciF...
DSPE Worldbuilders Resources 1 565 11-01-2024, 06:51 PM
    Thread: Is there room for an eyeball planet concept in OAUP?
Post: RE: Is there room for an eyeball planet concept in...

It is possible that the hypothetical Caretaker God didn't leave any traces behind before coming to this system. Perhaps e used a spaceship that burned cold and didn't leave much radiation to detect. ...
DSPE General Setting Discussion 11 98 11-01-2024, 05:38 PM
    Thread: Short draft: AItism (rewrite of AI Aspergers')
Post: RE: Short draft: AItism (rewrite of AI Aspergers')

I have read that the brains of autistic humans are highly interconnected in some way. This may be relevant to this topic. Perhaps the brain of those "autistic" AIs had a similar hyperconnectivity! Br...
DSPE Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 9 126 11-01-2024, 01:14 PM
    Thread: Is there room for an eyeball planet concept in OAUP?
Post: RE: Is there room for an eyeball planet concept in...

Worldtree Wrote: (10-31-2024, 09:34 PM) -- Like we asked on Discord, what do you define as an eyeball planet? -- Well, a planet that has geographical features that make it look like an eyeball! Lik...
DSPE General Setting Discussion 11 98 10-31-2024, 10:01 PM
    Thread: Is there room for an eyeball planet concept in OAUP?
Post: Is there room for an eyeball planet concept in OAU...

I thought about making an "eyeball planet" concept of my own - I wanted to experiment with the concept of an "extreme planet". On a whim, I searched the Encyclopedia Galactica for an "eyeball planet",...
DSPE General Setting Discussion 11 98 10-31-2024, 06:57 PM
    Thread: The Violets (BL and UV Ceti) (Gliese 65) (Short Article)
Post: RE: The Violets (BL and UV Ceti) (Gliese 65) (Shor...

stevebowers Wrote: (10-29-2024, 04:42 AM) -- I thought I might make an image of the 'Human World', with green UV Ceti in the background. -- The human figure in this picture looks like a Titan. Was ...
DSPE Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 30 338 10-30-2024, 11:45 PM
    Thread: Clade Proposal: Bright Hermies
Post: RE: Clade Proposal: Bright Hermies

What I imagined is that a group of provolutionists (maybe pan-sophontists) decided to take a group of hermit crabs and modify them over time to be more intelligent, which is why my initial post was fo...
DSPE General Setting Discussion 7 73 10-26-2024, 03:32 PM
  Lightbulb Thread: What is a godstar?
Post: RE: What is a godstar?

This article (https://orionsarm.com/eg-article/46f96750760b3) mentions that there are 23 Godstars unaffiliated with any of the known archailects. They were discovered, and not known about before. My q...
DSPE General Setting Discussion 5 99 10-26-2024, 11:31 AM
    Thread: Clade Proposal: Bright Hermies
Post: RE: Clade Proposal: Bright Hermies

[quote pid="82692" dateline="1729853301"] Worldtree these are provolves- that means they are sophont and have access to the capabilities of terragen civilization, so if society collapsed, sure maybe...
DSPE General Setting Discussion 7 73 10-25-2024, 09:12 PM
    Thread: Clade Proposal: Bright Hermies
Post: RE: Clade Proposal: Bright Hermies

Rynn Wrote: (10-25-2024, 06:17 PM) -- Quick note on your last question of “why”: think beyond the idea that provolution is people in labs raising generations of subjects. That’s what it might have be...
DSPE General Setting Discussion 7 73 10-25-2024, 07:34 PM
    Thread: Clade Proposal: Bright Hermies
Post: Clade Proposal: Bright Hermies

I would like to flesh out an idea for a clade of Provolved Hermit Crabs. This isn't a fully fleshed out idea, but I would like to discuss this before working on it. After all, my time is limited (I am...
DSPE General Setting Discussion 7 73 10-25-2024, 11:48 AM
    Thread: Crystallographer's Nightmare
Post: RE: Crystallographer's Nightmare

This is quite cool! But why did Deepening Radiance evict the local population and upload them? Did e simply predict some things in advance and decided that this would be the best course of action?...
DSPE Encyclopaedia Galactica Articles 29 497 10-20-2024, 10:38 PM
    Thread: Revamped NoCoZo logo
Post: RE: Revamped NoCoZo logo

Are some of those smaller rings black holes? I think I see accretion disks around them! Which platform are you on? If you are on desktop, just go downwards and see "Attachments", and cllick on it t...
DSPE Art and Visual Media 11 102 10-20-2024, 10:16 PM
    Thread: What is the scariest Sci-Fi concept you've seen?
Post: RE: What is the scariest Sci-Fi concept you've see...

Also, even if the Leviathan isn't malevolent (we don't know what its nature is), it might just disrupt orbits and smash into entire star systems, even if it doesn't mean to. It's quite massive, after ...
DSPE General Off-topic Discussion 4 1,161 10-18-2024, 11:40 AM
    Thread: What is the scariest Sci-Fi concept you've seen?
Post: RE: What is the scariest Sci-Fi concept you've see...

Worldtree Wrote: (10-18-2024, 01:44 AM) -- And in OA , beings like The Thing could end up being your neighbors in the habitat in a nearby orbit, as long as they’re sophont and you have translation to...
DSPE General Off-topic Discussion 4 1,161 10-18-2024, 10:14 AM